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president obama make history the second time around. president obama wrapped up his second term in washington. >> after we celebrate. let's make sure we work as hard as we can to pass on an america. also in our feature future. >> the institution of the united states -- the constitution of the united states. >> it was over in less than a minute. they require the swearing in on the 20th of january because the day where they will do it again for the public. on the national mall, security is set along with miles of sensing. >> you can see the preparations here on the national mall and here behind me, they will be having that happen for the inaugural ceremony. >> reporter: they won't be as big as the one to four years ago compared to 1.89 million. >> i see the excitement and energy. though it will not be as large, it will be just as wonderful. >> once a day of distinction all their own, hoping to inspire their very young son. >> i will tell him to strive for the best, maybe you could be the first hispanic. >> all right as part of the weather as everyone has been talking about it, it

does history predicted about a second term for barack obama lacks were he reelected with so few presidents having success at that time in office. what are the challenges that face those who have trouble or failed second terms, and what about others to succeed? and ken barack obama overcome these challenges if he is reelected to become a member of that select group of presidents that waded through the quagmires of second terms come and somehow came through relatively unscathed? success in a second term does not imply that there were not failures, or significant stumbles. some even severe during that tenure. but the net impact of that time in office had to be the fulfillment of a significant number of the following measures of success. first, the president must provide defense against foreign or domestic threat. secondly, the president must retain or expand economic, political and/or social opportunities. this becomes the primary challenge that the nation feels secure from military threats. third, the president must be effectively lead congress. since the nation began, there's bee

put our shoulders to the wheel of history it moves. it moves. >> reporter: tomorrow mr. obama will be sworn in during a public ceremony. he'll give his inaugural speech then take part in a parade and series of inaugural parties and balls. here's a live look at the white house tonight. tori campbell has more on how mr. obama won a spot in history. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> reporter: the president is officially in his second term now. he was sworn in in the blue room of the white house with chief justice john roberts doing the honor. and you can bet that chief roberts said the words carefully. four years ago he said the oath wrong. so president obama is the first to have been sworn four times. this morning, joe biden was sworn in by sotomayor. then there was the wreath laying ceremony. and the first couple also attended the episcopal church for martin luther king celebration. >> reporter: when a president and vice president are sworn in it's only for a four year term so if they're reelected they needed to be sworn in for a

is a solid wall of security here. so we begin with president obama making history again. publicly taking the oath of office on martin luther king day to begin his second term as the leader of the free world. it will be his second time taking the oath in 24 hours and his fourth time as president. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you mr. chief justice. thank you so much. thank you, sweetie. >> with the first lady and first daughters looking on, the president made good yesterday on a constitutional requirement that he be sworn in on january 20th. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> as did vice president joe biden who shared a really tender moment with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor, telling her i love you, it is an honor right after taking the oath. to which she responded, i love you. she made history as the first latina to swear in a vice president. between their official swearing in ceremonies, obama and biden met at the tomb of the unknowns, that's at arlington national cemetery. and laid a wreath in honor of ame

states. >> four years after making history by becoming the first african-american president, barack obama kicks off the second term on martin luther king day. today and inauguration day special. we will air highlights from last ides' peace ball including naacp president benjamin jealous. >> the challenge for our country is never to see the day when a person of color would be president, nor the challenge for our country was to ensure that it would be safe for it to i hae -- happen again and again. >> we'll also hear from the legendary poet son the sanchez, ralph nader, sweet honey and the rock, and angela davis. >> let me say this time around we cannot subordinate our aspirations and our hopes to presidential agenda. >> we will look at big money behind the inauguration. four years ago president obama refused to accept corporate donations, but this year exxonmobil, at&t, christoph are among the biggest backers of today's festivities. -- microsoft are among the biggest backers of today's festivities. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the t

for a date with history, we look at the realities and challenges of a second obama term. >>> and will michelle obama remake her own agenda as first lady? perspective from an insider who knows the obamas well. >>> plus, two uniquely american stories. our interview with this year's inaugural poet and the band from little rock, marching tomorrow in the footsteps of history. >>> good evening. for all the drama of a long, hard-fought campaign, it took all of a half a minute for president obama today to take the oath that officially starts his second term in office.

, meaning of transition and peaceful tran analysis of power. later, president obama transitions himself for history. first heading to break. go back to see the sites and sounds of the inaugural parad parade. they march in front of the reviewing stand. chilly day. interesting night in front of the white house. keep it here. for the new mattress models but sleep train's huge year end clearance is ending soon. for a short time, save hundreds on tempur-pedic mattresses. get the most highly-recommended bed in america at closeout prices. plus, get interest-free financing and free same-day delivery. why wait for the new models? sleep train's year end clearance is ending soon. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> bret: looking live at the inaugural parade. colver academy from indiana. inside the box, the first family, president and vice president there standing, hand over his heart there. waving at the crowd as well. been there all day. of course the inauguration is about more than one person or one party. t

ancestral history. he toured the houses where young barack obama lived in indonesia and found the kansas family homes and sites where his mother's family began. and for the next few hours, david maraniss joins booktv to discuss his latest book "barack obama: the story." and then to take your calls, e-mails and tweets. >> host: david maraniss, you write in "barack obama: the story" that no life could have been or more the product of randomness than that of barack obama. >> guest: well, it's the whole world coming together accidentally in 1960. a father who happens to come there from kenya pause he reads a story in the saturday evening post that describes the university of hawaii as a great place because of its diversity and a mother or who gets there because she has a father who has this wanderlust, is never satisfied wherever he is, and he ends up in hawaii selling furniture. and then they meet in a russian class, and can here comes barack obama who emerges as a whole global random existence of his own until he becomes president of the united states. >> host: where did their lives begin

about foreign policy? >> history shows us that presidents in their second term focus more on foreign policy than the first term and try to forge a legacy. bill clinton did that in his second term. barack obama will try to focus more on the middle east, maybe more on syria. the most pressing issues are domestic. his voters expect him toct on that. he will attack in the first two years. history also tells us after the midterm election of a second term president start to fade away into sort of a lame duck status. >> interesting analysis there. thank you very much, max. in more international news suicide bombers and gunmen attacked afghanistan's travel police leaving three officers dead and more than three wounded. rather assault began at dawn at the entrance to the complex, the second coordinated raid in as many weeks. taliban claim responsibility. it is feared there could be more of these attacks in the months ahead as international forces prepare to withdraw. voter it is are ready to say goodbye to the chancellor's conservative government. >> it shows the social democrats and greens g

there will be a lot of focus domestic issues. what about foreign policy? >> history shows us that presidents in their second term focus more on foreign policy than the first term and try to forge a legacy. bill clinton did that in his second term. barack obama will try to focus more on the middle east, maybe more on syria. the most pressing issues are domestic. his voters expect him to act on that. he will attack in the first two years. history also tells us after the midterm election of a second term president start to fade away into sort of a lame duck status. >> interesting analysis there. thank you very much, max. in more international news suicide bombers and gunmen attacked afghanistan's travel police leaving three officers dead and more than three wounded. rather assault began at dawn at the entrance to the complex, the second coordinated raid in as many weeks. taliban claim responsibility. it is feared there could be more of these attacks in the months ahead as international forces prepare to withdraw. voter it is are ready to say goodbye to the chancellor's conservative government.

and security checkpoints as they prepare to make history again. >> reporter: president barack obama wrapped up the first day of his second term at a candlelight sell is pwraeugz in washington. >> after we celebrate let's make sure to work as hard as we can to pass on an america that is worthy not only of our past but of our future. >> reporter: just before noon president barack obama took the oath of office at the white house. >> reporter: the chief justice led the official swearing in. >> the constitution of the united states. >> reporter: it was over in less that a minute. >> i did it. >> the constitution requires it on the 20th of january because the day fell on the weekend they will do it again for the public tomorrow and on the national mall security is set with miles of fencing. >> you can see preparations here well under way here on the mall and hear behind me the dress rehearsal happening for the music. >> reporter: this will not be as big as four years ago, 700,000 are expected to attend compared to $1.8 million. that does not matter -- to 1.

.c. and i've got a bit of history, too. exclusive interview with three people that helped president obama win the second term, three of the very closest advisers. former senior adviser david axelrod, ken messina. they have never, ever sat down together for a joint interview on television until now. enjoy this. >> welcome to you all. this is a rare political event. a piece of history. the three of you have never given a joint television interview. >> i think you should go to the smithsonian as long as we're in washington. put it right in the vault there. >> it is a big day for the president. for america. but also, i think, for you three because you've been so instrumental really in getting barack obama to where he is. he is now got the luxury of a second term. what does that bring him? start with you, david. what would you love to see his legacy end up being after four more years? >> i think the legacy he's after, the legacy we're all working for is to revitalize this economy and the country in such a way that there's new vitality that american compact saying if you work hard you can get a

. we will tell you why the coaches are set to make super bowl history. >> it is president obama's second term. what we are expecting and what is next for students from lee university. we will tell you why they are preparing to hit the high note at today's ceremony. >> four minutes till the top of the hour. take a look at the nfl edition of the good, the bad, the ugly. first the good. it's brother versus brother in the super bowl and 49ers coach jim harbaugh against older brother, john. and regarding this move, for several minutes he's out and luckily he did get up on his own. the ugly, back to jim harbaugh, going ballistic with the falcons got the benefit of a controversial call over a catch and cost him his head set, in the end they ended up winning. and we're taking a live look at the capitol, in six hours, president obama will take the oath ushering in his second term. and for some it's a first. >> reporter: it was last october when lee university's president received a telephone call from senator lamar alexander, inviting the school's choir to perform at the inauguration.

need today. >> this is history. it will always be in the history books. >> reporter: mr. obama, beverly mckinney sees living proof of dr. king's dream realized. >> you as an individual have the opportunity to make a difference in this world. if you don't do that, it was all nor naught. >> reporter: a message these former southern californians say has inspired own family. their son won the presidential award for academics and a trip they hope will stay with him forever. >> i tell my son, strive for the best, maybe you could be the first hispanic. >> and christin ayers is in washington for this morning's inaugural event. >> and she joins us by the phone from the national mall where the stage is set and security is mighty tight as well. good morning, give us your impressions. you've been there i would imagine several hours so far just going through security and whatnot, right. >> reporter: that's right, we have been here for hours and security is tight. we stood in line for about 3 1/2 hours trying to get through a media entrance and were later

been arrested but police continue to look for at least three other suspects. >>> president obama was sworn in today and made history in the process. katie campbell is covering and shows us what would. >> reporter: the president is officially in his second term after being sworn in in the blue room of the white house. you can be sure roberts said the oath careful this time four-years ago he stumbled on the words. >> that i will execute -- >> the president of the united states -- >> reporter: so the president had to be sworn in again and that is why president obama is the only two-term president to be sworn in two times. and vice president joe biden because sworn in at the naval observe tory. and then the first family also attended the african-american church as part of the celebration of martin luther king day. when a president and vice president are sworn it, it is only for a four-year term so they need to be sworn in for another four-years. >> barbara walters was hospitalized after suffering a fall. she suffered a cut on her head. the 83-year-old walters was taken to the hospita

,000 people to crowd on to the national mall where i'm standing to watch history in the making. president obama taking the oath of office for the final time. all along where i'm standing there are big screens to help people get as close a view as possible, even as they are prodded several blocks back from where the ceremony is actually taking place. the president won't be sworn in until just before noon. the ceremony does begin much sooner, closer to 9:30. people are going to need to dress warm because it is chilly out here this morning. security force this event is tight. up to 150 blocks around where i'm standing are shut down. thousands of servicemen and officers are here dealing with crowd control and also security. there's also a 30 mile no fly zone. after the ceremony will be the parade. one of the highlights are going to be eight floats dedicated to the first and second families and then also civil rights, one specifically dedicated to martin luther king jr. of course, the first lady and president obama will round out all these festivities and an entire weekend full of celebration

oaths since fdr, he was elected four times. the challenge for president obama this time is to recapture the energy and enthusiasm of four years ago when a record 1.8 million people descended on washington to witness the history-making swearing-in of the nation's first african american president. nobody expects a crowd that big again. this time, the president will have his hand on two bibles. abraham lincoln's and martin luther king's. in a video released by the white house, the president explained why. >> letting them know there's a connection between me being here and the sacrifices of those in the past, which i think is entirely fitting. >> the man who ran obama's re-election campaign says the president will use his big speech tomorrow, in part, to reach out to some of those who voted against him. >> you'll see a president who wants to work across party lines to get things done. i think that's what the country wants. >> reporter: after today's oath was complete, the president's 11-year-old daughter was happy to see dad got the words right. >> i did it. >> you didn't mess up. >> we got

, at the longitude and latitude, standing before the grave of this slave who changed history and made the history of the present day possible. without douglas, there is no oba obama. >> without lincoln, there is no obama, so it's not only a matter, is it, of faith in history, it's a matter of faith in people who have the imagination and the audacity to make history. >> absolutely. and certainly frederick douglas understood his role in terms of acting as an advocate during lincoln's administration. he was obviously putting some pressure on the white house. at the same time he was issuing a call to arms to his own community to rise up because he understood that history ultimately comes from below. you know, he is enveloping lincoln in a movement. there is a movement that surrounds lincoln and the other abolitionists to move all this forward and make it a reality. >> there were not 10,000 people there with you at the tomb, but the poem suggests someone else had been there and left this newspaper? >> there were other people who had come before me and had left various objects. i don't know who they we

king. and late this afternoon, president obama paused before the bust of martin luther king in the capital rotunda. a historic president paying tribute to the man who made that history possible. 50 years after the march on washington, 150 years after the emancipation proclamatioproclam president obama begins his second term, recommitting the nation to our founding ideas with liberty and justice for all. >>> joining me now is former congressman barney frank, democrat from massachusetts and melissa harris perry, host of "the melissa harris perry show" here on msnbc. >>> chairman frank, i mean, this was an amazing day. and the inaugural parade is still going on. the president is watching from his viewing stand. and when you look at his speech today, i sat there and listened. a lot of people were surprised at how he took on some issues and really raised a new page in american history in terms of where he felt the future of this country should go, chairman frank? >> i think it was an entirely legitimate victory lap. that is we had a very tough election, in which fundamental issue

his own story of american history. it was very clear that barack obama was telling a story that was about the expansion of rights. he hit upon some sort of odd moments that you don't always see put together. i mean a lot of people have been commenting on the mention of stonewall in particular and his coming out and really folding gay rights into this story of expansion. one of the things that i didn't see so much and sort of in contrast to f.d.r. or in contrast to t.r., too, is that you didn't see a lot of economic populism here, right? on the one hand he's telling this big story of expanded rights and social movements. on the other hand you didn't hear a lot about labor unions or wall street. you didn't hear a lot about the financial crisis. when franklin roosevelt came out in 1937 he said they have forced the money changers from the temple. you didn't get that kind of sort of populist liberalism here from obama. >> not really his style. i would be surprised if he had done that one. >> i mean, what is really fascinating is the untold story, the story yet to unfold in this

. a dazzling scene in washington, d.c. i've got a bit of history too for you. this exclusive interview with three people who helped president obama win his second term. three of his very closest advisors. david axelrod and stephanie for obama 2012. they've never sat down together for a joint interview on television until now. enjoy this. >> welcome to you. this is a rare political event, a piece of history. the three of you have never given a joint interview. >> i think we should go right to the smithsonian. >> it's a big day for the president, for america but also i think for you three because you've been so instrumental in getting barack obama to where he is. he's got the luxury of a second term. what would you like to see his legacy be? >> the legacy he's after and what we're all working for is to revitalize the economy in a way there's new vitality that american compact that says if you work hard you can get ahead. you can count on your kids doing better than you. this is fundamental to our country. that's been under assault for a long time. he ran in 2008 to try to rectify that. w

of people who are celebrating this day. an important day in american history. the inauguration of president obama for the second time. kate bolduan is watching what's going on, jeffrey toobin with me as well. once they get to the reviewing stand, they will be saluting all of these participants, and there are a lot of them, who have come to washington from all over the country. >>cy actually read there were twice as many appli nt kas appli nt kas to participate in the parade this year than four years ago but of course they can't accept all of those applications. but there's still some 480 people taking part in this parade. i don't know why this stat sticks out in my mind. maybe because i think it's strange. some 200 animals will also be honoring the president in this parade. >> there's a great deal of tension about which kind of animals. we know horses. but beyond horses. >> i don't know. i'm not going to pretend i know the answer. >> that's why you have to keep watching. >> maybe there's a mule. >> who knows? where did you get mule? >> there could be a mule. symbolic mule. >> we will see. >

at the top of the show even though the big festivities will be today, president obama was officially sworn in to second term yesterday. a rarety in american history. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that yesterday's inauguration is only the seventh presidential inauguration to fall on a sunday. the last president to take the oath on a sunday was ronald reagan in 1985. enough with the real news, let's gather around the water cooler. what do you have for us? >> so good to be here with you. >> it is, right? >> exciting. >> i'm only doing small sips. >> say a big swig, please. just do it. for the viewers. >> a little guinness in the morning. it does the body good. i'm here with phil and kathy bowlen. they are huge "morning joe" fans. they were here four years ago for the inauguration. what keeps you watching? that's loyalty. that's what i love about "morning joe" fans. >> yes. >> just starting the day off with willy and now you is fun. >> this is a family affair. this is your very handsome son patty back here. he is the main bartender here at the dubliner. now i hear this is

the highlight was seeing president obama. but this is quite a show they're putting on. and people sense that. there is a sense of history. we've talked to a number of people. we've talked to the people along the parade route and asked them why they want to come out. some of those people were here four years ago and decided to come back, four years later. it's obviously a little warmer than it was four years ago. but that's a very nice thing. you see the sun has now set on the capitol. people are still out here and the excitement is continuing on as we go on. even though it's getting dark. you see there, wolf, and kate, it's getting dark, but still people are being thatting out because there's a sense this is a moment in time, a moment in history. that's something we kept on hearing again and again. i should make a mention, as we see president obama there, and we saw earlier his two daughters with their iphones taking pictures. and that's something we've seen a lot. where people are using technology. i was out on the parade route four years ago. comparing four years ago to now, you see people

lies in store for the president the next four years. >> the first time president barack obama took the oath of office -- he did it in front of the biggest crowd washington d.c. has seen it all of its history. almost 2 billion people here to hear him make the promises. >> on this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dog was that for far too long have struggled our politics. >> things did not help out -- but things did not work out as he hoped. things in washington remain politically terra -- politically polarized. president knows republicans can once again put a stranglehold on his political agenda. topping his priority list, immigration reform, gun- control, and a balancing energy production with climate concerns. but his first priority is getting congress to increase the nation's debt ceiling at that talk about cutting the debt. that's where some think he will try to cement his legacy. >> he's going to try to get our long term in thailand obligations under control and set us on a new fiscal course. >> the presi

't be there that they were willing to kill us. >> reporter: their brave journey was a seminal event in civil rights history. and in 2009, more than 50 years later, terrence roberts stood outside the capitol to witness another historic moment. >> i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear -- >> is it fair to say what you and the other eight students did ultimately led barack obama to be president? >> well, yeah, perhaps not in any direct way but in terms of all the essential steps that needed to be taken, little rock was one of those essential steps. >> reporter: when the central high marching band plays for this inauguration, they will represent a very different place than the school roberts attended in 1957. a now-fully integrated place that does not run from its past. >> the school now is so connected to the history and the kids. every child who goes here knows about the history of this school. >> reporter: and those who made that history. >> if those kids could walk down the hallways and be subject to the type of abuse that they did, it set my mindset that i can do anything. >> to walk through those hal

single event in the history of the washington, d.c. standing there in the mall and watching president obama give his first inauguration speech. the gentleman next to me was 62 years old from the state of louisiana, an african-american male who was wearing a purple jacket with gold trim and tears just streaming down the side of his face as he watched the first african-american president be inaugurated in our nation's history. and today, well that gentleman, wherever he is, whether here in washington or back home in louisiana, gets a second shot to watch and to listen. martha: a lot to watch for today. you can hear the crowds cheering behind us. and there is the presidential motorcade as it goes into the white house. that is what is getting the big cheers behind us. just about, i don't know, 100 yards, 75 yards from where we're sitting the president and his family are crossing to head into the white house property. very excited crowd out here today. the numbers may not be what they were before but you can definitely see the pride on the faces of so many families. lots of kids here to ta

. welcome back to the special coverage of the president's inauguration. president obama's second term now officially under way. potential for great achievements. >> but if history is any indicator, the seshlcond term i also where things can get pretty messy. not like he wasn't warned. >> i'm more than familiar about all of the literature on presidential overreach in second terms. >> reporter: president barack obama's victory dance is about to become a dance with destiny. >> we look back at really great things being done in president's second terms. but if we look back in recent terms, there is a chance for disaster. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> reporter: a lot of times, second terms end up with second-rate ratings. just ask president bush. approval rating dropped 25%. >> if approval numbers drop below 50, you will see the white house press corps turn more hostile. planning to get as much done in the early portions of his term is key. >> mr. president, i'm grateful for this opportunity to serve our country again. >> reporter: obama faces nomination fights a divide

admires more than anyone in american history. the other is abraham lincoln. and when he takes the oath of office today, president obama will use bibles used by both men. you can watch it all here beginning with a special three hours in the morning. at 10:00 a.m. live cbs news coverage. >>> overseas the taliban says it's responsible for the attack on the traffic in the capital of kabul. the attackers stormed the building early this morning. a car bomb and at least three suicide bombers were involved. it's reported that at least one blew himself up. police say they are still fighting the militants inside that building. >> and at least 81 people are dead at the algerian gas plant that was the scene of a four-day terror siege. 23 hostages including one american are confirmed dead, but security officials say that number could rise. when algerian forces with were sent into the plant on sunday they found 25 bodies. the group's task now is identifying whether they belong to hostages or militants. algerian officials say they stormed the facility on saturday because the ho

in about six hours from now. zoraida. >> all right. thank you very much, john. president obama better get all of his partying done tonight. his second term is in full effect already and that means the potential for great achievements, but if history is any indicator, the second term is where things can get messy. it's not like he wasn't warned. >> i'm more than familiar with the literature about presidential overreach in second terms. >> president barack obama's victory dance is about to become a dance against destiny. >> if we look back, some really great examples of really big things being done in second terms. but recent history, there is the potential for real disaster. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> according to polls by the gallop organization, second term presidents often end up with second-rate approval numbers. just ask trent duffy, former president secretary to president george w. bush. >> major combat operations in iraq have ended. >> a president's approval ratings who dropped 25%. >> if poll numbers drop down below 50, you will see the white house press

, president obama is only the 17th president to have to go inaugurals in our history. he is the 44 president, but the 17th to have to go in all girls. the others include george w. bush, bill clinton, ronald reagan, richard nixon, to eisenhower, fdr, woodrow wilson, william mckinley, ulysses s. grant, abraham lincoln, anger jackson, james monroe, james madison, thomas jefferson, and george washington. down on the national mall where the crowds are gathering, we have a reporter in the middle of everything. >> right from a capital, in the middle of the national mall, three ladies with us and make the journey to this and operation. >> i am gloria, from seattle. >> michelle, new york. >> marion, pennsylvania. >> you decided to meet here. >> we are all three sisters. >> why did you decide to come to washington for the 57 and operation? >> i think we regretted not being here quarter years ago. we decided we would not miss it this time around. >> we never thought about it or we did not think it is possible to come altogether. >> how did this all happened? how did each of you get here? >> i drove up

medicare and social security. >> chris: there is a long history of presidents running into trouble in their second term, reagan and iran contra and clinton and monica lewinsky and bush with katrina and the financial melt down, has president obama thought about this and how does he hope to avoid what most people seem to think is the single biggest problems the second term, which is variously described as hubris and presidential overreach? >> we have a history and, if you look at ronald reagan he accomplished tax reform in the second term and president clinton made progress towards the balanced budget. there was good second-term accomplishment. it is not like we're roaming around the white house looking for things to do. we have immigration, gun safety, measures to help the economy and energy and we have a stack agenda here. there is urgency in the country for us to address this. we'll bring the same energy and focus he did to the second term. obviously, other administrations got, you know, in trouble with scandals. we avoided that and hope to continue that. but, those issues and oth

we have it for the record. >> reporter: history in the making. dana bash, cnn, washington. >> a historic second term begins. >> i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> now the stage is set for a day long party in the nation's capital. we'll take you behind the scenes of the last-minute preparation. for the president's speech, the parade, the balls and the tone being set for the battles ahead. >> i say to you that the challenges we face are real but know this, america. they will be met. >> this is cnn's coverage of the presidential inauguration. from the first salute to the last dance. a divided nation comes together for a celebration of democracy. >> and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. ♪ >> we are live at the national mall. good evening, everyone. i'm anderson cooper. tomorrow, the lead band leading off the parade is going to be from gramibling state, university, louisiana. tonight, they lead off our coverage. take it away, guys. ♪ ♪

history, under the leadership of president obama, i have a feeling this one is going to be something truly special. so thank you for being here, god bless you all, god bless america. [applause] >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> again, ladies and gentlemen, please remain in place, as president obama, vice president biden, and members of the joint committee on inaugural ceremonies depart statuary hall. >> you are watching c-span's live coverage of the inauguration, and a live view of the rotunda as we wait for president barack obama to depart the capitol following the congressional lunch. he will take the route every president since thomas jefferson has used, the inaugural parade route. 1.5 miles between capitol hill to the white house, and every president since 1800, john adams, has lived in the white house. he departs the capitol, joined by vice president biden. 57thheme for this year's inauguration is "our people, our future." the parade will continue straight down pennsylvania avenue until its

. >> and of course, the fact that he is president, president obama's president, fulfilling part of martin luther king's dream. jon karl also mentioned, recent history, second terms run out of steam pretty quickly. often slip into scandal. how does the president avoid that? >> really, every day moving forward from today, is a loss of political power for an incumbent president that knows he's not going to serve. you take that back to lbj and vietnam. a second scandal is often plagued by a scandal. president bush and katrina. and that was the end of his presidency. you bring in new people and basically set a pattern and a tone of here's what i want to do. bringing in new people is a big point in how to fix that. >> donna, the president's aides describe him right now as battle-scarred by buoyant. >> he is using dr. martin luther king's bible and abraham lincoln, to move forward to stand for the principles that got him re-elected. and not forget that there's people back at home who want the president to work with the republicans but also want the president to do what he said he would do, to get this count

and lets them decide. >> michelle obama did the same thing. she resented princeton a lot when she got there but she channeled her resentment in a paper about the history of african-american women. the fact they worked within the system given the challenges that they had to have gotten to this place and to be the calming influence that they are i think is remarkable. >> calming, mosh care calm than. >> low bar. low bar. but with an inner fire though. you know -- . >> they proved themselves. >> there's stuff going on beneath the calm. >> look at him there. mr. calm. cool hand luke and you have to ask yourself, how did he know he could get re-elected a certain way? how did he know to trust david plouffe, to trust axelrod, his air game, his ground game. he never seemed -- >> that was one of the secrets having covered both of his campaigns, one of the secrets to the success of both of his campaigns was his refusal to panic. >> yeah. >> and any moment he trusted the people he brought aboard from the very beginning, some of whom were sitting with him. people like david axelrod and robert gib

, but he was elected four times. the challenge for president obama this time is to recapture the energy and enthusiasm of four years ago when a record 1.8 million people descended on washington to witness the history making swearing in of the nation's first african-american president. nobody expects a crowd that big again. this time, the president will have his hand on two bibles. abraham lincoln's and martin luther king's. in a video released by the white house, the president explained why. >> letting them know there's a connection between me being here, the sacrifices of those in the past. i think it's entirely fitting. >> reporter: the man who ran obama's re-election campaign says the president will use his speech in part to reach out to some of those who voted against him. >> you're going to see a president who wants to work across party lines to get things done. i think that's what the country wants. >> reporter: the president's 11-year-old daughter was just happy to see that dad got the words right. >> good job, dad. >> i did it. >> you didn't mess up. >> reporter: jonathan karl,

of the tuskegee airmen. so it's going to be a very full reviewing stand, and a little bit of history for you. this tradition of the president reviewing the parade from the white house first started back in 1873 under president grant. so president obama today continuing a tradition that started a very, very long time ago, but certainly the first family cherishing really this moment. this moment when they get to sit and just really take it all in. martin? >> you know, martin, i think kristin asked the right question though which is how does it feel to be a re-elected president she asked the president as he was walking back into the white house. i think a lot of the answer quite clearly was in the address. if you compare it to the 2009 inaugural address that the president gave, that was a much broader speech. broader sounds nition and inclusive but it was also more vague. in 2009 he talked about equality but he didn't single out any particular agenda. in 2009 he talked about the idea that we're there for each other but he didn't name medicare, medicaid, or social security which he did this time

bangs. she looks good. she always looks good. >> president obama just earlier tonight. raw politics looking ahead to tomorrow and, of course, looking ahead at the next four years, we have a team of professionals here, who have seen a lot of presidential history being made. republican consultant margaret hoover joining us, ari fleischer, paul begala and van jon jones. paul, you wrote an article in "the daily beast" i think it was today, you basically said, the president should say all the right things in his speech tomorrow about coming together and unity, and then he should go out and be ruthless? >> yes, yes. he famously hosted steven spielberg and daniel day-lewis and the stars behind the movie "lincoln." that is the lesson of lincoln, in his first inaugural he talked about the appealing to our nature. and then he went to war. he tried, president obama has tried. they have to change the culture in which they're placed. but in this case, the division that we have in the country, it's not going to be healed. it wasn't hailed by president clinton who desperately wanted to, and it was

-356-5967. that number again, 1-800-356-5967: there is a certain real symbolism to barack obama taking the officeath of office on march tin luther king day. northeast about this we sort of talk about comparing the 2 on the continuum of history. >> do women who both of them were? >> certainly. >> these were middle school kids, about 13, 14, 15. a lot of their feelings were very much centered around, you know these are young kids growing up in the northeast effectively. if you are not familiar northeast dc is one of the second most prosprosquadrant in the city. i don't know. >> these kids were very much aware of barack in terms of what they understood as his mortality mortality. they considered him a brave man of running. this was the kind of thing that was in their mind. with mlk, he obvious was asat assassinated assassinated. they consider him brave for doing it at all. never signed of what he was going to chief. they feel in general, it's a risk risky maneuver. also very very educational as well. sounds trite. out of school, you learn something when you are talkin

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